This Is A New Release Of The Original 1845 Edition.

1845. This work contains the most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by Mary Schweidler's father, Abraham Schweidler, the Pastor of Coserow, in the island of Usedom. After careful examination into the nature and characteristics of witchcraft, Meinhold perceived that among all these strange and often romantic stories, not one surpassed the "amber witch" in lively interest; and he decided to throw her adventures into the form of a romance. Also found in this volume are thes tale entitled "Undine" and "Sintram and His Companions," a Northern tale from the German of Baron de la Motte Fouque.

Full Title: "The Amber Witch"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School LibraryLondon; Old Bailey: H.G. Clarke and Co., 66, 1844

1845. This work contains the most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by Mary Schweidler's father, Abraham Schweidler, the Pastor of Coserow, in the island of Usedom. After careful examination into the nature and characteristics of witchcraft, Meinhold perceived that among all these strange and often romantic stories, not one surpassed the "amber witch" in lively interest; and he decided to throw her adventures into the form of a romance. Also found in this volume are thes tale entitled "Undine" and "Sintram and His Companions," a Northern tale from the German of Baron de la Motte Fouque.

This work contains the most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by Mary Schweidler's father, Abraham Schweidler, the Pastor of Coserow, in the island of Usedom. After careful examination into the nature and characteristics of witchcraft, Meinhold perceived that among all these strange and often romantic stories, not one surpassed the "amber witch" in lively interest; and he decided to throw her adventures into the form of a romance. Also found in this volume are thes tale entitled "Undine" and "Sintram and His Companions," a Northern tale from the German of Baron de la Motte Fouque.